The Dillon tribune., 1887-11-25
THE IRISH tAUNTING CAR
IA" ]A"''r'ean Corr csponlent's Amusing.
Experience. in Dublin


Experience in Dublin,
The launting car is the great f.at,,ra 80
street life in Dublin. 1t is tho no,,n,nr
method o' conveyance. tt will hold tu.,,
people OH each side besides the fr;.er
Inc regular far,, for tlcir use is two .hjl-
l.hss lol 'a'' l!r>t hour uEt. <i-!,pe,, rc,,rn
ior the 'e%f. lou learn this gf,nr ,,,,
nave lE'lu all kinds CT prices. T;e.,.
!aunst'';+-t car drivers are ielfectlv ,oer.i
iess IN their charges unless yo,l mako a
bargain with them beforchond. ~, gont
ter how liberal yon may ,hink You are in
paying them. these drivers always: lpu}, us
reproachfulls al YOU Is il YOU were at
tempting t. r.l, them.
Ihc Irish drivers IL the streets Of Dub
lin are the Dlust Wreckless oI any have
ever seen. Their horses are touch and
Wlry, and are always driven nearly on the
dead run. At the slightest opportunity
the driver forces his horse into callon,
AS the streets are very uneven and badly
paved, riding on u jaunting car gives
much more exercise than ordinary horse
back riding. The first driver ! had
oyerchargcd inc in such q stupendous;
way that he could not keep his face
straight when he named his price. Then.
after roaring at his own ayal'ice. he
calmly lowered the price himself and an
nounced that he would take SO much.
paid it to him, telling him that knew it
was double his fare, After he had ,c-
ceived ii he burst out in another roar.
You are right: il is about double, lut it
isn't every day we get q chance and
then went Oil in perfect commissions of
amusement over his successful strike ut
the stranger
The excessive vtuIlity cf the drivers is
marvellous. They won't drive YOU we'll
unless you let them talk. They get sulky
directly and make it up by extra charges.
They are much better natured to each
other than the English cabbics. The first
night was out my driver ran the shafts
of his car full tilt into he back Of another
car. l thought for a moment that I<.
would take the back Of the head car Off
But he bachc,, his horse off, and when the
driver he had run into looked angrily back
ut him lie said: :'look ahead Of you, my boy.
Never look behind when you are driving. F"
And witt, this h. swung out to the right
and passed his friends wheel by about a
quarter OF IN inch; going on the dead
bolt down Sackvi}le street. The aggneved
fellow yrinren ut the assurance of his
associate and stopped looking behind.
The last man had continually called
my attention to the beautiful black Irish
mare attached To his car He told me
she could make ten miles an hour day in
| and day ont for years. He would let her
so for sixty yl.incas pretended to mis-
| understand and said did not think she
was worth six guineas. This made my
| driver indignant, and he spent the nex'
| fifteen or twenty minutes in trying to tiI
ME off, by whirling suddenly arount
| corners. or spinning his eur along On one
| wheel down some dark street or slipper!
| lane But yet Oh the hole they were Sc
! much more interesting ani amusing thai
the English cabbies, because they me
every possible situation with such Wi
| and with such assurance. Ncdnesda.
afternoon / asked one car driver how
much he would charge to drive me out t.
the horse show and back, about mile dis
tant. ile promptly responded half I
guinea, without /. blink. The next maj
was ready to go for two shillings. Thi
extraordinary drop did not decon,posc tn
first driver. lie stepped forward as il
were going with him as IL matter OF course
saying in the most colte,nptuo,'s way. i
speaking Of the two shilling man, III
will not be able to give you such dri'
particular time III buying any fancift
kind of superior Irish driving at y his
class figure went with the two shillin
man.-T. c. Crawford in Ne" Nor
World.
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